Cisco and ''Old Man Mountain''
Rating
Title
Cisco and 'Old Man Mountain '
Creator
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
Date
ca. 1866-1869
Date (EDTF)
1866~/1869~
Decade
1860-1869
Part Of
Central Pacific Railroad
Place
Cisco , Placer County , California
Description
The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) reached Cisco Station (94 miles of track) in November 1866 . Sources : Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum ; Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum.This photograph is one of 364 stereo view photographs taken between 1864 and 1869 by Sacramento , California , photographer Alfred A. Hart . Hart was one of the official photographers who documented the construction of the CPRR between Sacramento , California and Promontory Summit , Utah . U.S . history was made when the CPRR and the Union Pacific Railroad were joined at Promontory Summit in May 1869 , thereby creating the nation's first transcontinental railroad . Sources : Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum ; The J . Paul Getty Museum ; Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division .
Notes
Verso : [handwritten in ink] Cisco & 'Old Man Mountain. ' The channel on the left is the R.R . track after 10 ft of snow had melted away . 7 .
Keywords
railroads ; mountains ; snow ; CPRR ; Southern Pacific Railroad ; First Transcontinental Railroad ; U.S . West
Physical Description
1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen ; 6 x 10 cm
Form/Genre
Cartes de visite Card photographs Albumen prints Photographs
Railway Line
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2011
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan: 4921 w x 3041 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 4921 w x 3041 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (verso)
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; recto and verso files combined to make composite derivative and resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Call Number
Ag1985.0353
Upload File Name
ag1985_0353_02_c_cisco.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag1985_0353_02_r_cisco.tif ; ag1985_0353_02_v_cisco.tif
Digital Collection
Railroads: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library
DeGolyer Library
Publisher
Central University Libraries , Southern Methodist University
Rights
Please cite DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information , contact degolyer@smu.edu.
Add tags for Cisco and ''Old Man Mountain''
Your comment:
Your Name:
...
